Describes the educational impact of the migration of Puerto Rican children into Pennsylvania, and the development of programs for them under Titles I and VII of the Elementary Secondary Education Act. (JM)

The contents of this report are organized in five parts, as follows. Part One, "Title I: The Cornerstone of Compensatory Education," is a discussion of Title I of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act (PL 89-10): its purpose, the scope of Title I programs, the selection of target areas, aid to nonpublic school children, the…

This evaluation report is a description of an integrated bilingual-bicultural program which attempted to improve student achievement in oral and literate mastery of both Spanish and English. The program was funded under the Elementary Secondary Education Act, Title VII and was in its third year of operation in New York City. Two hundred ninth and…

The papers in this monograph reflect different approaches used in the assessment and evaluation of bilingual education programs. Doctors Harry Berendzen and Katherine Bemis provide some practical considerations for implementation of evaluation. They list responsibilities of an evaluator and offer an evaluation management plan which takes into…

The bilingual program of the Auxiliary Services for High Schools (ASHS) provides an alternative educational system in New York for students who are bilingual or speak no English but do speak Spanish, French, Italian, Greek or Chinese. The program's primary purpose is to prepare pupils for the General Education High School Equivalency (HSE)…

This report has a descriptive and evaluative delineation of those programs which have been (or are being) developed for Puerto Rican students in the public schools of Jersey City. The data of the report have been gathered in those schools with large Puerto Rican constituencies, and have been cast in the perspectives afforded by discussions with…

As originally developed, Projecto Exito, often referred to as the Bilingual Community School or simply as "Escuelita," was in name and in deed a comprehensive community-based approach to the problems of bilingual education, funded under Title VII of the 1965 Elementary Secondary Education Act. Intended to serve Spanish and…

Many difficulties are encountered when large-scale monitoring of federally-funded programs (including Title VII bilingual education programs) has been attempted. These difficulties may be categorized as follows: (1) differences in perception of the purpose of monitoring; (2) variance in the definition of the treatment (program) and expectations…

There are two purposes to this study: (1) to provide a rationale for bilingual education in Chicago based on history and the characteristics of the Spanish-speaking students; and (2) to propose an innovative model for a bilingual-bicultural program. American attempts at bilingual education in the public and non-public elementary schools from…

Project Stay is a demonstration project of the St. Louis Public Schools, funded under Title VIII of Public Law 90-247, with several programs concentrating on reducing the number of dropouts. The project has the purpose of identifying students who are potential dropouts, determining their individual needs, and developing programs to meet those…

In 1978, Congress reviewed and revised the major federal education programs covered by the Elementary and Secondary Education Act (ESEA). Programs were expanded, tightened up, or redirected. For example, Title I and impact aid will direct millions more in federal aid to the big cities of the North and Midwest at the expense of the rural South. A…

In 1990-91, the Austin Independent School District (Texas) received a 3-year grant under Title VII to serve a population of limited-English-proficient high school students called "newcomers" (i.e., recent arrivals to the United States). In addition to their limited English proficiency, these students, who have typically suffered…

This evaluation of the 1989-90 Bilingual Resource Instruction for the Development of Gainful Employment Skills (Project BRIDGES) in New York City found that the program met most of its objectives. Project BRIDGES, funded under Title VII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, provides the following services to at-risk…

The purpose of the Bilingual Program for physically handicapped children was to provide a learning environment in which handicapped children who do not speak English or who speak with difficulty would be able to function in their native language. Emphasis was placed on the children improving their native language along with learning English as a…